diff --git a/hbase-assembly/pom.xml b/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
index c21d1745ddd..04c39813b2f 100644
--- a/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
       <artifactId>hbase-server</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hbase-thrift</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
         <artifactId>hbase-hadoop-compat</artifactId>